Culture - Sports

Runner Nguyen Van Lai was the focus of attention on the third day of athletics competitions at SEA Games 31 after winning the men's 10,000m - his second gold medal at this Games.

With her excellent performance in heptathlon, Nguyen Linh Na of Vietnam made an impressive comeback on May 17, the second competition day of this sport at SEA Games 31, to pocket a gold medal.

The Vietnamese swimming team set a new record at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), with a time of 7 minutes and 16.31 seconds, wining a gold medal in the men's freestyle 4x200m relay event on on May 17, the 4th day of competition.

An exhibition, themed “Commemorative Relic and Statute of President Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam”, is being held from May 15 to 30 by the ATK Dinh Hoa Eco-historical Relic Site and the President Ho Chi Minh’s relic site at the Presidential Palace.

The Phu Nhuan district Party Committee in Ho Chi Minh City has honored 125 typical teams and individuals in studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style in the 2021-2022 period.

With the theme "Journey to Uncle Ho’s footsteps", publications on Uncle Ho will be displayed on May 18-22 at Ho Chi Minh City's book street.

Vietnam’s U23 football team secured a berth in the semifinals of SEA Games 31 after winning 2-0 against Timor Leste in its final Group A match at Phu Tho’s Viet Tri Stadium on May 15.

Two more golds were added to the medal tally of Vietnam’s bodybuilders on May 15, the last competition day of this sport at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

Vietnam obtained an emphatic 6 - 0 victory over Myanmar in their opener in the women’s futsal of the ongoing SEA Games 31 on May 15.

By the end of May 15, Vietnam retains top place in the medal table of the ongoing SEA Games 31 with 65 golds, leaving behind Thailand in second place with only 24 golds.

Vietnamese wushu athletes bagged three gold and five bronze medals after two days of wushu taolu competitions at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 13-14.

A delegation from the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports led by Minister Phout Simmalavong on May 12 visited and exchange experience in education development in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Ninh.

Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Commission on Mass Mobilization Nguyen Tho Truyen highly appreciated the works participating in the exhibition with practical content and meaning on the occasion of the 132nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2022).

Vietnam pocketed two more gold medals in women’s rowing events held in Thuy Nguyen district, the northern city of Hai Phong, on May 13 as part of the ongoing SEA Games 31.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued a Decision to recognize Ho Chi Minh Park in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai as a national historical relic.

Tennis court complex Hanaka Paris Ocean Park, a venue for SEA Games 31 competitions in the northern province of Bac Ninh, which has been named Asia’s biggest complex of its kind located in an urban area by the Asia Book of Records, is ready for SEA Games 31.

The Vietnam Women's Union and the Nghe An People's Committee will organize the art program "Mother of Sen Village" at Ho Chi Minh Square in Vinh city on May 14 with meaningful and humanity activities of the image of the lotus flower and Hoang Thi Loan, mother of Uncle Ho.

The 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), the region’s biggest sporting event, officially began with a grand opening ceremony held at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on May 12 evening.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has been named the new Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), replacing Dang Hoang Giang.

According to the Vietnam Film Development Association (VFDA), nine projects have been selected from 21 short film projects on the environment in the Green Screen short film contest, to be supported for a part of production costs.

A wide variety of activities by ethnic minority people will take place during the first Border Hoa Sim (Rose myrtle) Festival in Hai Son commune, Mong Cai city, in the northern province of Quang Ninh from May 14-15.

Some 150 foreign and domestic exhibitors, including those from Japan, the Republic of Korea, mainland China, Taiwan (China), Australia, the US, Belarus and the Czech Republic, are participating in the 29th Vietnam International Medical, Hospital and Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2022) in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese kurash team won two more gold medals on May 11, the second day of the event’s competition, at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), exceeding the target of five golds.

On May 11, the Party Committee, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Ward 5, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to launch the implementation of the Ho Chi Minh cultural space in religious establishments and businesses.

Bac Ninh is one of the localities hosting the sports events of SEA Games 31. As a result, it is rushing to complete the medical work to prepare for the regional sports festival.

The Thanh Hoa Public Security has organized a thematic talk “Uncle Ho with youth, Vinh Loc youth follows Uncle’s teachings” for students of Tong Duy Tan High School in Vinh Loc district to celebrate the 132nd anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birth (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2022).

The Sen Village Festival 2022 with many special activities will take place from May 14 to 28 in Nam Dan district and Vinh city to celebrate the 132th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2022).

The Brazilian Film Week is taking place at the National Cinema Center in Hanoi from May 9 to 13 to introduce Vietnamese audiences to Brazilian people and the South American country’s cultural characteristics and tightening mutual ties through films of high aesthetic value.

A project entitled “Share and protect Vietnam’s heritage” receives a funding of 18 billion VND (784,300 USD) for activities during 2022-2024 from the French Government and partners such as museums, localities and universities.

On May 9, the President Ho Chi Minh relic site at the Presidential Palace held the opening of the exhibition on relics and monuments of President Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and in the world.